create your everyday: December 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

{ Season’s Givings blog hop and Impression Obsession DT challenge–Winter Chill }

ETA: Winner: 34. Annette Allen4:32 PM

Please email me so I can get the Planner to you. I want to thank everyone who stopped by.

Happy New Year and welcome to the Season’s Givings Blog Hop!

If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome, and if you have been coming for a while, thank you so much!! What a great opportunity to be hopping with friends and give back a little. It’s a fun way to start the new year.

If you arrived from Dina Kowal you are in the right place.

Today I am sharing a card I created for Impression Obsession DT challenge – Winter Chill. We have at least two challenges throughout the month and we always give away a $25 gift certificate. All you have to do is create a new project using Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog, between January 1 – January 7. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

When I think of winterI think of snowflakes. It is pretty chilly around here so this was a perfect challenge. I used a Snowflake Background die and Snowflake Die set for the large snowflake. I used iCraft Adhesive from Therm O Web to add the glitter to the snowflake. The background is sprayed with color shine which makes the white snowflake background pop. The snowflake is attached to the inside of the card with 3D foam square from Therm O Web. The sentiment is from Winter Trees stamp set.

Check out the Impression Obsession Blog to see what other DT members created for this challenge.

I am giving away one Heidi Swapp Memory Journal Planner

I will pick a winner on Thursday January 8th .

This kit is exclusive to Michael's Stores. I have one and I will be starting with mine tomorrow. This will be my mini Project Life.

This kit comes with a Gold 2 ring binder measuring 6x8
2015 Monthly Calendar Spread (or any year since the calendar is blank)
Monthly Divider Tabs
Monthly Journal Pages
Date Stamps
Gold Foiled Stickers
4 Magnetic Paper clips
Black Gel Pen
Page Flag Sticky Notes
2x2 Journal Cards
Washi Tape
Photo/Journaling Card Sleeves (one for each month)

Hope * Joy * Happiness
Let this New Year bring you all things that really matter in life!

****Your next stop is Lisa Adametz. ****

I am joined today with some lovely crafters for this blog hop where everyone on the list is giving something away. It’s really easy. Hop along and leave a comment for a chance to win.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Lawn Fawn

Spellbinders Paper Arts

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Avocado Arts

A Jillian Vance Design

Daniela Dobson ------> YOU ARE HERE

Monday, December 22, 2014

{ Peace Tags }

It’s been crazy busy around here and Christmas is here in four days. I really try my best, but end up doing lots of things last minute. These were created for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft some time ago and I thought they were perfect to share today, in case you need those last minute gift tags.

Glass Bead Glitter Gel
Chalkboard Paint
Gelatos Color BLACK & WHITE
Metallic PITT Artist Pen GOLD
Other supplies:
Tags
Vellum
Impression Obsession dies: Peace, Fir Trees.
Washi tape
Sizzix die cut machine
The Crafters Workshop template
Heidi Swapp stencil

Instructions:
1. Using Glass Bead Glitter Gel add some starts to the tags. Let dry.

2. Paint bottom of tags with Chalkboard Paint

3. Using a stencil add small dots to the bottom of each tag using white Gelato. Add some Butterscotch Gelato around the edges blending with your finger. Add washi tape.

4. Cut trees from vellum and white cardstock. Paint the white cardstock with Glass Bead Glitter Gel. Let dry. Adhere the vellum and cardstock tree to each other and adhere to the tag using 3D foam squares from Therm O Web. Die cut “peace” from vellum and color using Metallic PITT Artist Pen GOLD.

5. Adhere to the tree using Therm O Web adhesive. Tie twine into a bow and add to the tree.

Enjoy your Monday!

Thursday, December 18, 2014

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge–last minute Holiday gifts }

Hi and welcome to our Impression Obsession challenge – last minute Holiday gifts. Our challenge starts today, December 18, and continues to the following Wednesday evening, December 24, at 10 PM.

Create a new project using Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog, between December 18-24. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

I created this shaker card ornament. This is similar to a shaker card I made, but much smaller.

I used the Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames die for the frame. The Evergreen Trees and Fir Trees were layered for the background. I added Sm. Deer to the front. Sm. Snowflake Set were cut for the background. Once again I used 3D foam strips from Therm O Web to layered the frame over the background patterned paper. It’s hanging in the tree and I love it.

That is all from me. Make sure you check out what the rest of our DT created.

I hope you play along.

Impression Obsession Blog
Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson -------> you are here
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Filcher

Monday, December 15, 2014

{ Celebrate December with Elle’s Studio }

I wanted to share several cards that I created for Celebrate December With Elle’s Studio. Look for even more giveaways on each Elle’s Studio blog from now until December 25th.

Entering is easy – just upload a project you created to our Member Gallery and tag the Elle’s Studio item used. Make sure you also mention in your project description that it is a “Celebrate December” entry!

And that’s it— we are keeping it super simple so everyone has a chance to enter! Start uploading NOW, and you can enter as many times as you want (must be a different project per entry). The three GRAND PRIZE winners will be drawn on December 31, 2014. All entries will have a chance to be featured on our blog.

You can also enter to win prizes on our blog posts all month long – just look for a giveaways on our Elle’s Studio blog and leave a comment to be entered to win!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

{ Exclusive December kit from Elle’s Studio }

Exclusive December kit is ready for purchase now.

Design team gallery is FULL of brand new inspiration just for you. You can bookmark your favorites, leave comments and see close ups of our design team’s projects in our gallery. Visit Elle’s Studio Blog for links to other Contributing DT members.

Here is what I created with the December kit.

I was inspired by the stars on some of the journaling cards from the kit. I used a large star mask and color shine for the background. Plus, those colors tied in with the colors in the photo background. This was taken last week right after his haircut. If you follow me on Instagram, then you have seen this one. I added punched star shapes, star sequins and star stamps from Warmest Wishes stamp set and North Pole stamp set. The colors are perfect and everything always works so well together.

*It is available today, on the 10th, for $9.99 and then the price goes to $11.99 at midnight PST.*
*The kit is exclusive to Elle’s Studio and a limited edition – once the kit is sold out it is gone for ever!*

December kit: www.shopellesstudio.com/Elle-s-Studio-December-2014-Kit.html
December cut: www.shopellesstudio.com/December-Digital-Cut-File-2014.html
Joy Printables: www.shopellesstudio.com/Joy-Printables.html
Christmas pack: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Christmas-Ephemera-Pack.html
Winter pack: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Winter-Ephemera-Pack.html
Merry and Bright stamp: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Merry-and-Bright-Exclusive-S…
Warmest Wishes stamp: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Holiday-Notes-from-this-Day-…
December Date Labels - Printables:http://www.shopellesstudio.com/December-Date-Labels-Printab…
Holiday Notes from this Day - Printables:http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Holiday-Notes-from-this-Day-…

***Don’t forget to visit our blog for inspiration and prizes.***

Have a great Wednesday!

Thursday, December 04, 2014

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge–Clean & Simple Holiday cards }

Hi and welcome to our Impression Obsession challenge – Clean & Simple Holiday cards !

Our challenge starts today, December 4, and continues to the following Wednesday evening, December 10, at 10 PM.

Create a new project using Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog, between December 4-10. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

This card took me less than five minutes to make. I should have timed myself. It took longer to find a sentiment that I wanted to use. Once all my supplies were ready, I was done in no time.

I have been wanting to use this Reindeer for a long time. Finally had a chance. I die cut him from this awesome pack of gold and silver foiled paper pack from DCWV that I found at Michaels and used my 40% off coupon.

I stamped the Wood Star on white cardstock and cut it out. The Reindeer is adhered over the star with 3D Foam Squares from Therm O Web. I stamped the December with the same ink and added “wishes” from Merry On in gold ink that I heat embossed.

That is all from me. Make sure you check out what the rest of our DT created.

I hope you play along.

Impression Obsession Blog
Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson -------> you are here
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Filcher
Vicki Garrett

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

{ CardMaker and Impression Obsession Blog Hop }

Welcome to the CardMaker and Impression Obsession Blog Hop!

Today the CardMaker Designers and the Impression Obsession Designers will be showing you some wonderful holiday projects featuring stamps and dies from Impression Obsession!

My card uses only dies. I didn’t have a plan, but I know I wanted to make a shaker card using the new Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames die. It’s one die that cuts 6 different frames. I adhered two of the largest ones together to make a frame. I added 3D foam strips from Therm O Web. They are perfect because I can cut them to any size.

I created my background scene with Tree Line Die that I cut several times and layered on top of each other using 3D foam strips from Therm O Web. Then I cut snowflakes using Sm. Snowflake Set. I adhered them to the Kraft cardstock background.

I die cut the sentiment Peace from blue cardstock and adhered it straight to the acetate window using Zots Adhesive Dots from Therm O Web.

***Make sure and comment on each of the blogs in the hop!***

TWO winners will be randomly chosen to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! You have until Thursday December 4^th at Midnight CT to enter.

The winner will be chosen and announced on the Impression Obsession Blog on December 5th.

Have fun hopping!

CardMaker
Anna Wight
Piali Biswas
Daniela Dobson <------ you are here
Dina Kowal
Penny Ward
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Noelle McAdams
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Theresa Momber
Vicki Garrett
Mae Nazareth
Impression Obsession